Abe Knaster

“What happens when we get old? he wondered. Where does the kid part of us go?”
― Tess Gerritsen, Bloodstream

“Because we bear responsibility for our own actions alone. Not for anyone else’s.”
― Tess Gerritsen, Last to Die

“Nadine did a lot of listening. It was the men who seemed to do all the talking.”
― Tess Gerritsen, Bloodstream

“This unsub is a classic picquerist. Someone who uses a knife to achieve secondary or indirect sexual release. Picquerism is the act of stabbing or cutting, any repeated penetration of the skin with a sharp object. The knife is a phallic symbol--a substitution for the male sexual organ. Instead of performing normal sexual intercourse, our unsub achieves his release by subjecting his victim to pain and terror. It's the power that thrills him. Ultimate power, over life and death.”
― Tess Gerritsen, The Surgeon